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hof.

An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Hof. Doublet of howff.

noun/hoʊf/
  1. A temple, sanctuary, a shrine, or hall.

    Germanic
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Norse hof or Old English hof, reinforced in modern (post-1990, chiefly neopagan) use by Icelandic hof (“shrine, temple”).

noun
  1. A Korean-style bar or pub.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Korean 호프 (hopeu), in turn from German Hofbräuhaus. In English, the spelling has been re-aligned with the Korean term's etymon.

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